After posters affiliated with
Identity Evropa appeared on
the Colorado State University
campus, many on campus quickly
denounced it as white supremacist
propaganda that targeted specific
populations. The affiliated group
claims they are not extremist.
Assistant Professor Josh
Sbicca, in the department of
sociology, found the posters on
the morning of Feb. 26, near the
Journalism and Communication
department in the Clark C
Building. Sbicca notified the dean
as well as the Collegian. Sbicca
said he had not seen any presence
of Identity Evropa prior to the
posters going up.
“For me, it raises the question

of whether or not this is here in
Fort Collins, or here on CSU’s
campus, or folks from outside the
community that are putting up
those posters,” Sbicca said. “One of
the things that’s been interesting
for me is looking at the use of this
as a tactic.”
Identity Evropa is identified
as a hate group, specifically within
the region of Boulder, Colorado by
the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Alex Scott, a spokesperson
for the CSU chapter of the Young
Democratic Socialists of America,
said their group was among the
first to find the posters on campus.
Scott said the group proceeded to
tear the posters down and notify
administration.
Scott said YDSA views the
posters as propaganda.
“It’s supposed to be very

subtle,” Scott said. “They’re very
much an extremist, racist hate
group.”
However, Patrick Casey, the
executive director of Identity
Evropa, said the SPLC has an
incentive to label hate groups.
“The left - the SPLC - is
pushing so hard,” Casey said. “It’s
starting to wear off.”
Casey described the formation
of the group as a non-violent
approach to a “culture war,” and
that while most people cannot
openly identify with the group,
recruitment is still a primary
goal. Casey wrote in a followup email to The Collegian that
regional
coordinators
are
responsible for ensuring local
universities are flyered.
“Flyering is a really good way
(to recruit members),” Casey said.

“Our views are becoming more
and more socially accepted.”
Casey said part of the goal
of Identity Evropa is to say no
to immigration and to say no to
vilification.
“We don’t think America
needs to be 100 percent white,”
Casey said. “There are non-white
people who write in to support us.”
Casey said Identity Evropa
does not see the posters as
extremist. Identity Evropa takes
pictures of their posters and
posts them to Twitter, prior to the
opportunity for them to be taken
down. Casey said a large portion of
their recruitment is through social
media, specifically Twitter.
Sbicca said his concern is for
the larger message the posters
send to the campus community.
“Seeing posters like the

Identity Evropa posters and the
language used on those posters
is clearly supremacist language
and/or language that wants to
marginalize other groups,” Sbicca
said. “There’s this sort of nativist
xenophobia that is key to a lot of
the rhetoric.”
Sbicca said there are lots of
students on campus, like DACA
students, who are immigrant
students and the language on the
posters.
“Posting that kind of
propaganda implicitly is a threat
to those students,” Sbicca said.
“That’s a problem, from my
perspective, as someone who
wants to create a safe space for
every kind of student.”
Sbicca said the reaction from
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As more students seek help with mental health, University provides variety of resources
By Samantha Ye
@samxye4

More students are getting
help for mental health on
campus, but experts say that’s a
good thing.
From July 1-Dec. 31, 2017, 141
students who were identified to
be in crisis received consultation
and coordinated crisis responses,
and 8,967 students and staff were
supported through Student Case
Management, Health Network
counseling and spiritual care
services, according to data on the
state of mental health on campus
released by the University last
week.
The number of students
getting counseling follows a
national trend of increasing
awareness about mental health,
said Janelle Patrias, manager of
mental health initiatives.
“To me, that’s such a great
sign that students are really
embracing the idea that you
need help, you get help, and
we’re really encouraged by these
numbers,” Patrias said.
Student Case Management
specializes in helping students
in crisis situations connect
with campus and community
resources and communicate

with their professors.
Counseling services includes
individual
and
couples
counseling, group workshops
and a 24/7 crisis intervention
for those seeking immediate
help. They saw 15,865 student
appointments the last six
months of 2017, according to
CSU’s data.
By paying student fees, all
students get five free sessions of
individual or couples counseling
per semester. Patrias said further
sessions cost about $10.
According to the Health
Network website, additional
charges also apply if a person
needs psychological testing,
specialty counseling services,
mandated substance abuse
counseling or missing or
canceling an appoint on the day
of. The services are confidential.
Other CSUHN groups and
workshops are free for students.
Patrias said University
research shows finances are the
second top stressor for students
right after academics. CSU has a
commitment to reduce as many
financial barriers to mental
health resources as possible,
according to Patrias.
For staff and faculty, the

Office of Ombuds, which
specializes
in
workplace
disputes, and the Employee
Assistance Program, which is
for counseling, legal advice,
financial planning and work-life
balance support, are available.
485 faculty used those resources.
Since counseling may not
be for everyone, the University
ensures there are a variety of
resources available for all groups,
according to Lanai Greenhalgh,
director of the Office of Ombuds
and EAP.
“We wouldn’t want anyone
to ever feel like they needed
support or needed services and
didn’t know where to go or didn’t
believe there was something that
might help them,” Greenhalgh
said.
The
University
hopes
to
communicate
that
encouragement to seek help by
sending out the mental health
data, Patrias said.
“This past academic year has
been difficult for our campus,”
Patrias said. “And, we really
wanted to send a communication
out to really encourage anyone
on our campus community to
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In the wake of discussions
of internal bias, empowerment
and representation dominated
the discussions of the Associated
Students of Colorado State
University Senate session on
March 7.
ASCSU discussed two bills
aimed at encouraging visibility
for
underrepresented
communities: the first would
establish the Women’s Caucus
as an inter-branch standing
committee, and the second
resolution
encourages
communication with regard to
absences for religious holidays
that are not formally excused by
the University.
Both bills were written and
presented by Sen. Merall Sherif,
who explained in an interview
with the Collegian her personal
intersectional
experiences
as a Muslim woman greatly
influenced her motivation to
bring forth the legislation.
“I’m Muslim, so I wear a
hijab, I wear a headcovering. I
used to wear a scarf typically, but
now I wear beanies … and I’ve
noticed that this year, since I am
less visibly Muslim, I have added
eight lines to my resume,” Sherif
said. “The opportunities have
come, and that’s an unfortunate
reality, but I want to empower
other people to feel that they
don’t need to have other people
speak for them, that they can be
their most authentic self.”
The Women’s Caucus proposed as a

formal standing committee
A bill proposing the formal
establishment of the ASCSU
Women’s Caucus as a standing
committee, which would aim
to empower women in the
organization by gaining a wider
female voice in ASCSU, came
before the Senate Wednesday
night.
As a formal committee,
the Women’s Caucus would be
comprised of all female students
in ASCSU from the legislative,
executive and judicial branches,
as well as the Ram Leadership
Team, Board for Student
Organization Funding and the
Student Fee Review Board on the
basis of voluntary membership.
Sherif
explained
the
Women’s Caucus itself arose
out of her concern that other
woman-identifying senators felt
their voices held less weight in
the body.
The Q&A session invoked
questions expressing concern
that the Caucus is discriminatory
or limiting in its focus on women
from concerned senators and
members of the gallery, such
as Ethan Burshek, junior
sociology major and member of
the Young Americans for Liberty.
“It seems to me that there
may be a multitude of other
identities that might also face
those problems,” Burshek said.
“Why not call it something else
like the leadership caucus or the
speaker’s caucus, just to further
specify and be more specific
and intentional with what the

purpose is and not be confused
with labels?”
Isabel Brown, speaker of the
senate, said there is precedence
for past committees representing
particular
identities,
and
encouraged anyone to form such
organizations. Sherif explained
the caucus aims to work within
a proactive framework of
empowerment rather than
division.
“It’s not meant to be divisive,
it’s not an ‘us vs. them,’” Sherif
said. “We have a lot of respect for
all of our male colleagues, but the
goal for this is to empower the
women in the body to be able to
voice concerns and passions …
and to catalyze collaboration.”
Resolution
seeks
improved
communication
in
religious
exemption
Sen. Sherif also introduced
a resolution that urges the
University
to
recommend
the inclusion of the standing
University policy for religious
exemptions be included in all
syllabi.
“Religious
exemption
policy is something I’m working
on through the President’s
Committee for Diversity and
Inclusion,” Sherif said in an
interview with the Collegian. “It’s
really about creating faithbased communication between
professors and students and
leveling the playing field for
everyone to make them feel
like that isn’t that difficult of a
conversation to have. We laid the
groundwork, and we hope that

ASCSU Senator Merall Sherif presents her bill to establish a religious
exemption policy on syllabi to the Senate body on March 7, 2018.
PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN

it facilitates some more positive
interactions.”
Sherif said although a
pre-existing framework for
seeking religious exemption
exists, the current process can
be impersonal and ineffective
for students who celebrate
minority holidays. In drafting
the resolution, she drew on her
personal experiences and those
of her constituents.
“People who observe nonmajority holidays should be
allowed the opportunity to
observe their holidays just as
much as anyone else,” Sherif

said.
In a follow-up interview with
the Collegian, Sherif explained
the importance of students to be
empowered to feel comfortable
and represented as their most
authentic selves, both in the
classroom and in the broader
community.
“We will value their identity
and their representation and
their input exactly how they are,
so they don’t have to do it like I
did,” Sherif said.
Natalia Sperry can be reached
at news@collegian.com.

CAMPUS

New payment plan allows students to pay in monthly installments
By Yixuan Xie
@ YixuanXie1

As the registration for fall
semester approaches, new
classes and new rooms, as well
as new bills, inevitably come to
mind.
The Office of Financial Aid
at Colorado State University
announced CSU payment plan,
letting students pay their bill
for the 2018-2019 academic
year in monthly installments
rather than in one lump sum.
The lected amount will be
automatically deducted each
month from the designated
domestic checking or savings
account, according to the Office
of Financial Aid. Students and
authorized FAMweb users
may begin paying their bill for
the fall 2018 term as early as
this March.
“We believe it can serve
as a viable option for students
and families to more easily

cover the gap between what
financial aid, work and other
resources does not cover on
their bill,” Tom Biedscheid,
the director of Office of
Financial Aid, wrote in an
email to the Collegian. “Any
opportunity to more easily
cover the cost of students’
education is a benefit.”
For each fall or spring term,
a maximum of six payments
is allowed. The summer 2018
term is not included in the
plan.
For the fall 2018 term, the
first payment has already been
withdrawn on March 5. The
following five payments are
scheduled to be withdrawn
approximately on April 4, May
3, June 5, July 5 and Aug. 3. Plan
enrollment is required and the
corresponding
enrollment
deadline will be 11:59 p.m. on
March. 31, April 30, May 31,
June 30 and July 31.
The first payment for

the spring 2019 term will be
withdrawn on Sept. 5.
To enroll in the CSU
payment plan, students and
authorized FAMweb users
must login to their RAMweb or
FAMweb account. A one-time
and nonrefundable fee of $25
will be deducted for each term
to enroll.
Biedscheid wrote the Office
of Financial Aid is intentional
in building as much flexibility
as possible. Students can have
as many people paying on their
plan as possible. They just
have to give each person access
via FAMweb.
“The idea here is that
if the student has parents,
grandparents, other relatives,
etc. that might want to help
out, they can easily set up their
own plan,” Biedscheid wrote.
Flexibility was also the
focus for the number of
payments and amount of
each payment, Biedscheid

wrote. Payment plan users
can determine how many
payments to make over the
course of the semester and
elect to pay any amount each
month. If the month has not
passed, they can go back and
change amounts at any time.
The payment plan can be
used to pay tuition, university
fees and residence hall room
and board charges billed
to CSU student accounts.
However, rent for university
apartments is not included
since they are billed monthly.
Biedscheid wrote since
the payment plan launched
without much publicity, they
have not seen a lot of activity
yet.
“We also just started
awarding financial aid for next
year and we are marketing the
payment plan through that
process,” Biedscheid wrote.
Melanie
Reeves,
a
sophomore psychology major,

said she would definitely use
the new payment plan.
“I think this is really cool,”
Reeves said. “It won’t be like a
giant (chunk) out of there and
people would be able to pay it
easier.”
Ciara
O’Donovan,
an
undeclared freshman, said
launching the payment plan is
a really good idea.
“I heard that a lot of
people, for the fall semester,
have to wait until December
to get enough money from
working to pay the entire
bill,” O’Donovan said. “I think
it is really good to be able to
choose the amount you pay
each month and go with your
own paces without having to
worry about this big bill due at
a certain time.”
Yixuan Xie can be reached
at news@collegian.com.

Identity
>> from page 1
his students, largely, is surprised
at the visibility of groups like
Identity Evropa, as well as
groups the Charlie Kirk event
attracted to the CSU campus last
month.
Sbicca said he has had
conversations with his students
about free speech, hate speech
and what is protected and what
is not.
Scott said the posters caused
more frustration than anger, on
behalf of YDSA.
“It creates a negative
environment on campus,” Scott
said. “We just feel that is a shame
they are getting put up on our
campus, and it is something we
should kind of be embarrassed
by.”
Casey
said
Identity
Evropa chooses to flyer college
campuses because universities
are pushing an agenda the group
considers “anti-white.” Casey
said campuses are where the
battle of ideas is being waged,
and students are told white
people are bad.
“(Students) are not being
exposed to anything else,” Casey
said.
One anonymous source
wrote in an email to the
Collegian that the group can use
media to show its members and
similar groups the work done
steadily on college campuses
around the country.
“These folks are really
smart,” the source wrote. “They
likely believe that any attention
they receive is a PR win for the
organization.”
The University could not be
reached for official comment,
but the emails sent to campus
regarding the Identity Evropa
posters, and the more recent
Traditionalist Worker’s Party
posters, describe the posters as
affiliated with white supremacist
groups but not affiliated with
CSU’s values.
Scott said YDSA agrees with
the University, that they should
just come out and call Identity
Evropa, or other groups, for what
they are.
“They did call them a white
supremacist group,” Scott said.
“Calling it for what it is is a good
step forward.”
Similar Identity Evropa
posters went up at other
universities, including the
University
of
Wyoming,
University
of
Northern
Colorado,
University
of
Colorado-Colorado Springs, as
well as in Boulder and in Denver.
“It’s not just about, ‘Oh, is
this creating an intimidating
atmosphere on campus?’” Sbicca
said. “Their goals and what they
are talking about are way bigger
than that.”
Rachel Telljohn can be
reached at news@collegian.com.

The Corbett and Parmelee
dining halls are now officially
closed until next fall.
The dining halls closed
their doors March 1, but both
are scheduled to reopen Aug.
15, wrote Marianne Wieghaus,
the associate director of
communications for Colorado
State University’s Housing and
Dining Services.
The conjoined dining halls
are undergoing renovations
to further combine and
modernize the space.
Liz Poore, director of
Residential Dining Services
wrote in a statement to the
Collegian that the new space
will be known as the Foundry.
“The Foundry is a new,
exciting and different concept
for campus dining that our
students and guests haven’t
seen before,” Poore wrote.
Those who frequented the
Parmelee Dining Hall for the
halal and kosher options can
still find those options at the
Durrell Center and Durrell
Express upon request.
While the Corbett and
Parmelee Dining Halls are
under construction, students
have other options for late
night dining.
Both Durrell Center and
Allison Hall extended their
dining hours to accommodate
the
influx
of
students,
Wieghaus wrote.
After
renovations,
the dining hall itself will
feature eight distinct microrestaurants and will combine
the space once taken up by
both Parmelee and Corbett,
Weighaus wrote.
The Corbett Hall lounge
is also being renovated, since
it is the largest residence hall

Colorado State University students get dinner from the newly opened Kosher Bistro. The Kosher Bistro and
the rest of the Corbett and Parmalee dining hall will be closing for renovations.

PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

on campus, and the lobby
is a key space for residents,
wrote Assistant
Director
of Residence Life Helena
Gardner. Gardner wrote that
Residence Life looks forward
to the revitalization of the
space and welcoming students
to it next fall.

On May 12, after finals and
move outs, crews will begin
to transform the lounge into
an innovative new space for
students to spend their time.
They will work through
the summer in efforts to
have everything done before
students return to campus.

Pictures of what both the
new dining hall and lobby are
supposed to look like are up
on the Housing and Dining
Services website under “The
Foundry.”
Meagan Stackpool can be
reached at news@collegian.
com.

Fort
Collins
Police
Services arrested Roger Allen
Brown for a stabbing that
occurred in Eastside Park
early Wednesday.
At 12:36 p.m. March 7,
FCPS received reports of an
injured adult male in the park
at 100 Locust St., according to
a press release from the City of

Fort Collins.
Officers located the victim,
who was later transported by
ambulance to an area hospital
with life-threatening injuries,
according to the release.
Due to its proximity to
the park, Laurel Elementary
was placed on a brief lockout
as a precautionary measure,
which included the doors being
locked and no one being let in
or out of the building without

class activities being disrupted.
Brown was arrested on

Anyone with information that
has not already spoken has been
asked to contact Detective Jaclyn
Shaklee at 970-416-2771.
charges of attempted seconddegree murder and first-degree
assault. Brown has been booked

into the Larimer County
Detention Center.
According to the release,
there is no on-going threat
to the public related to this
incident.
Detectives
are
currently working to interview
anyone who might have
information related to this
incident.
Austin Fleskes can be
reached at news@collegian.com

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Health
>> from page 3
reach out if they were struggling.”
Preventative Care
The data also included
information on a number of
University
preventive
and
educational resources for mental
health.
YOU@CSU, one of the
more prominent resources for
students, had over 6,800 visits
to the portal, according to CSU
data. The online portal gives
students personalized content
to learn how to take care of their
mental and physical health,
as well as connect students to
campus resources.
Patrias said 87 percent of
users learn about a new campus
resource through the portal.
Students
can
also
participate or be invited to
participate in early screenings
for
mental
health-related
concerns, of which 3911 students
did. Those screenings were
either from the CSUHN website,
YOU@CSU or sent out via email
invitation using the Interactive
Screening Program, Patrias said.
Students can choose to take
those screenings after which they
receive comprehensive feedback
and material to improve.
“It’s good to be able to checkin with yourself and do some of
that self-assessment,” Patrias
said.
As for support training, over
the course of six months, 334
residence life and apartment life
staff received more than 43 hours
of group training on mental
health related topics, according
to the University. Greenhalgh
said it was important for faculty
to be educated in the wide range
of services available to them and
students.
Two training programs, At
Risk or Notice and Respond,
trained 1,187 students, staff and
faculty last semester.
At Risk is an online program
for staff and faculty to learn how
to recognize students in distress
in their classrooms and how to
engage with those individuals.

Notice and Respond is a
similar training program only
issued in-person through the
Health Network and is also open
to students.
Neither are required. Staff
can take At Risk anytime or
request a training.
Active Minds
Mental health awareness is
promoted by more than the hired
professionals; the CSU chapter
of Active Minds is a student
organization
dedicated
to
mental health advocacy, suicide
prevention and destigmatizing
mental struggles for the campus
community.
The group also serves as a
student community with shared
goal and interests. They build
community among their own
members through social events
and storytime, where members
share their backgrounds with
mental illness.
“Mental health is something
that where no matter what
you look like, where you come
from, what you believe, we all
have mental health,” said Active
Minds president Ellie Ewer. “So,
my goal with Active Minds is
to create that bridge and show
everyone we can unite over
something that we all have.”
Ram Recovery
Having just received a
grant
from
Transforming
Youth Recovery, Ram Recovery
continues to build themselves
as resource for students in
recovery, be it from substance
abuse
disorders,
eating
disorders, behavioral addictions
or co-occurring mental health
disorders.
Through weekly meetings
and events like group dinners,
the student-led support group
promotes a substance-free
lifestyle supported by a peer
community, Cofounder Ashley
Wheeler said.
“We let students know they
do have a chance after hitting
their own bottom with drug or
alcohol-use or the addiction
they struggle with that they will
have the support to be able to
finish their education or pursue
a graduate degree,” Wheeler said.
Samantha Ye can be reached
at news@collegian.com.

A map of the Colorado
River likely shows a solid blue
line stretching from northern
Colorado across the southwest
and into the Pacific Ocean.
However, as Luke Runyon
noted, for the last 100 miles,
there isn’t actually any water.
Runyon,
who
covers
topics related to the Colorado
River basin as a reporter for
northern
Colorado
radio
station 91.5 KUNC, led a
discussion Wednesday in the
Lory Student Center about the
state of the Colorado River and
the people who depend on it.
“We’re in a drought and
we’ve been in a drought for 18
years,” Runyon said. “It’s not
getting better, and there is
more and more reason to think
that this is the new normal.”
2018 in particular is
shaping up to be an extremely
low year for snowpack, Runyon
said, which means less water
will be available to the seven
U.S. states and Mexico who all
pull from the Colorado River.
Runyon said 2002 was the
driest year ever recorded for
the Colorado River basin, and
this year is only slightly above
those levels.
Research from the Natural
Resource
Conservation
Service shows that Colorado
is only at 66 percent of average

snowpack for 2018.
“People say we could
maybe make (snowfall) up in
months like April and May
but at this point, it would take
some pretty crazy snowstorms
to make up that deficit,”
Runyon said.
As water level decreases,
policy will have to be reshaped
to define who is entitled to
what. Runyon said the rights
to water for the Colorado River
is comprised of more than a
hundred years of agreements,
legislation, compacts and
treaties
that
collectively
dictate how we use the river.
Most notable is the 1922
Colorado River Compact.
“This is the big crowning
jewel of the law of the river,”
Runyon said. “Every update
we get is an update to the
Colorado River Compact.”
This compact guarantees
both the upper and lower basin
states 7.5 million acre-feet of
water per year. Runyon said
the biggest user of this water is
currently California.
States will surely have
to adapt in the case that
snowmelt does not provide
enough water to the Colorado
River. One way this could
happen is by reducing water
as homeowners. Runyon said
this could include buyback
programs where cities pay
homeowners who reduce the
size of their yards.

Saving water could also
come in the form of reshaping
agricultural practices.
“There are lots of programs
to pay farmers to put in drip
irrigation,” Runyon said.
As for Colorado, Runyon
said the state could be doing
more in terms of conserving
water.
“In Colorado, there have
been a lot of people who
have said we’re probably not
doing enough to encourage
conservation within cities,”
Runyon said. “If you look at
other programs in more desert
communities, they’ve gone
above and beyond.”
The effects of Colorado’s
water usage and continued
drought can be seen in places
like Lake Mead.
Lake Mead, which is fed
by the Colorado River, rests
behind the Hoover Dam and
can be an indicator of the
lower basin’s water supply.
Runyon described a bathtublike ring around the lake where
the water level used to be.
“I
remember
visiting
Hoover Dam when it was really
full. Standing up on the dam,
the water was right there - if
you jumped over you’d be fine,”
Runyon said. “If you jumped
over now, you would not be
fine.”
Ty Betts can be reached at
news@collegian.com.

Editor’s Note: All opinion
section content reflects the
views of the individual author
only and does not represent a
stance taken by the Collegian or
its editorial board.
It’s that time of the year.
Students across the country
are packing their bags and
heading off to spring break
destinations. After a long week
of midterms, spring break is
seen as a much needed retreat.
Students should make the
most of their spring breaks,
but remain mindful of their
actions while on vacation.
It’s easy to get caught up
in the excitement of spring

break, but don’t get swept into
risky behavior. Spring break
brings about troubling trends
in crime, binge drinking, drug
use, and an increase in sexual
assaults. These trends are
especially prevalent in big
spring break destinations in
Florida, Texas, and Mexico.
According to a Department
of Justice study, the months
leading into summer tend to
see an increase in aggravated
assaults and sexual assaults.
College students are at the
highest risk of being sexually
assaulted.
In 2015, the sexual assault
of an unconscious woman was
recorded during spring break
in Panama Beach, Florida and
made national news. One of
the most disturbing pieces of
the story and video are the fact
that hundreds of people stood
around, some even recording
the incident. Not one person

intervened. This is sickening.
If you feel you can’t intervene
in a situation, report it. Keep
local authorities’ contact
information with you.

“I use spring break as a
time for rejuvenation,
I think that relaxation
has more positive health
effects on student’s
abilities and (they)
perform better when
they get back.”
BETHANY NORWOOD
SENIOR

Be wary of what you post
on social media, too. According
to many in-depth studies done
by ProjectKnow, hundreds
of thousands post on social

media during spring break
that include photos of drinks
and drugs. It’s okay to show
everyone you are having a good
time, but just remember what
you post will affect you long
after your vacation. Photos of
you belligerent on the beach
may not be something you
want future employers to see.
Deaths over spring break
are far too common. Colorado
State University dealt with the
death of a student over spring
break just last year.
“It can be really difficult to
come back from spring break
and learn that the community
lost a student or that someone
our age died” said pre-med
senior Bethany Norwood. “I
use spring break as a time
for rejuvenation, I think that
relaxation has more positive
health effects on student’s
abilities and (they) perform
better when they get back.”

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Women: Walking alone is scary, but that’s why we have to
Erin
Douglas
@erinmdouglas23

Editor’s Note: Letters from the
editor do not represent a stance
taken by all Collegian employees,
and are instead a stance taken
by the Editor-in-Chief. Erin
Douglas is the Editor-in-Chief
of The Collegian.
Last week I tried to take
my dog for a walk at 5 p.m. on a
Monday night. It’s still winter
in Colorado, so it was about
to get dark, but it wasn’t yet.
It’s the kind of dark in which
the trees lose their color, only
appearing as silhouettes — the
kind of dark in which only half
of the cars passing by have
headlights on.
I was on a trail in some
open space in north Fort
Collins. I considered going to
the dog park, but the last time
I was there, a man wouldn’t
stop talking to me even when
I walked away. I didn’t feel like
dodging people.
So, that’s how I ended
up alone on a trail, between
silhouettes of haunting oak
trees, watching the light slowly
disappear behind the foothills.
And suddenly, I felt very, very
scared.
I walk alone a lot. When
I lived on campus, I walked
home alone from work. Over
the summer, I walked home
alone from the bars. I often

hike alone. I walk to class alone.
I walk my dog alone (if you
don’t count the dog) almost
every day. Why did I feel scared
today?
There
was
a
white
unmarked van in the parking
lot when I pulled up. It was a
city vehicle, but as I winded
along the trail, every thriller
movie ever kept pushing itself
to the forefront of my thoughts.
An owl began to hoot. It was
harmless, but the same movies
made it sound like a bad omen.
There were no leaves on the
trees. The long grasses were
whispering in a breeze. The
train horn blared distantly.
Just a few minutes down
the trail (actually just a paved
sidewalk), I felt a familiar
creeping sense of paranoia I
always do when I go somewhere
by myself. But I couldn’t squash
it. I tried: Ninety percent of
college women raped know their
perpetrator. You’re more likely
to be assaulted by a friend than
by a random man hiding in the
woods. You’re with your dog
and she’d bark. Your phone is
charged and you have service.
You’re alert and know the area.
The van is from the city, the owl
means nothing and the trees
are just trees. The trees are just
trees.
I turned around and went
home.
Before you tell me I’m
dumb, silly or stupid for hiking/
walking/being alone, consider:
I have my phone. I bring a map. I
tell people where I go and when

I expect to get there. I plan to be
safe, likely much safer than any
man would prepare to do the
same activity.
It’s also worth noting that
I spent a lot of time in the
outdoors growing up. So, I’m
not scared of the dark or of the
trees. I’m scared of what’s not
hiding behind the trees – but
what I’ve been told my entire
life might be.
I’m scared because bad
things happen to women who
walk alone, or at least so I’m
told, over and over and over.
Bad things do happen to
women, a lot. Our fears don’t
come from nowhere.
In a study of 8,000 women
and 8,000 men, 17 percent of
women reported experiencing
an attempted or completed
rape at some point compared
to only 3 percent of men,
according to the National
Insitute of Justice. More
than 90 percent of “systemic,
persistent
or
injurious”
violence is perpetrated by men.
My fear that a man will
hurt me is perfectly rational,
but my perception of who will
hurt me and where is not. I go
to my male-identifying friends’
houses, talk to men at bars and
go on dates with men all the
time. The data shows that I
should be much more scared of
those situations than being by
myself. Bad things happen to
women, but not usually when
we’re walking alone. Bad things
happen when we are with
someone we trust.

When we tell women we care
about — explicitly or implicitly
— that they need to be escorted
everywhere they go, not only
are we perpetuating a myth of
who and what will harm them,
we rob our sisters, daughters,
coworkers and friends of their
independence. We rob them of
the ability to feel safe moving
freely about the world unless
accompanied by some sort of
bodyguard. The rhetoric breeds
illegitimate fear.
From what I’ve seen, most
women just try to make this
work our entire lives. We
sacrifice independence for
a socially constructed and
imaginary safety net. So, when
we do have to walk alone, we
get scared and we go home.
Not because we’re weak and
not because there’s a credible
threat, but because after a
lifetime of being told to carry
pepper spray and look for blue
lights, we’re paranoid.
Sometimes I can’t override
the fear. Sometimes I give
in and call a male friend to
walk me home. I think what’s
important is that I keep trying
to not do that. Every time
women walk alone, we push
our collective psychological
boundary a little bit further. We
feel a little less scared. We move
a little bit closer to liberty. We
become a little more powerful.
The trees are just trees.
I think I can handle those by
myself.
Erin Douglas can be reached
at editor@collegian.com.

If you are drinking and
partaking in spring break
festivities, watch out for your
friends and your surroundings.
More importantly, speak up
and watch out for other people.
Whether they are Rams,
part of this community, or
complete strangers, if you see
something wrong happening,
do something.
Come back to school feeling
refreshed and recharged.
Spring break should be a time
to check yourself and your
mental health and spend
time doing things you enjoy.
Whether you are staying in
Fort Collins and relaxing or
partying in a hot spot spring
break destination: be mindful.
Do not add to these statistics
Rams. The pursuit of a good
time is not worth your life.
Jayla Hodge can be reached
at letters@collegian.com.

NOPE
DOPE

Inconsistent
class policies.

Statistics.

Traveling.

Women.

The
Bachelor
finale.

Translating
our articles
in Spanish.

Feeling
left out
culturally
by coffee
drinkers.

This is
our last
newspaper
before spring
break!!!! Thanks
4 reading.

People
who
complain
about money
when their
parents give
it to them?
What?

That
first sip
of coffee in
the morning
that feels like
liquid happiness
because you’re
addicted af.

Pro Day at Colorado State
drew a bevy of interest from
NFL teams as 15 draft-eligible
student-athletes
participated
in front of the watchful eyes of
40 professional scouts from 31
different teams.
Among the 15 participants,
wide receiver Michael Gallup,
quarterback
Nick
Stevens,
running back Dalyn Dawkins, and
offensive linemen Jake Bennett
and Zack Golditch are some of
the most notable names looking
to move up draft boards or into
consideration come April.
Gallup will hear his name
called in this year’s draft,
there’s no question about that.
The verdict is still out on the
others hoping to continue their
professional careers, though.
Less than a week after
representing CSU at the NFL
Combine, Gallup came into his
Pro Day intent on proving his
speed. After posting an official
4.51 40-yard dash during the
combine, Gallup posted an even
better mark of 4.45 Wednesday
afternoon.
“I told them I was a little bit
faster on the hand time,” Gallup

said with a smile. “I knew I could
run a little bit faster on the hand
time, so that’s what I came out
here to do.”
Stevens, who worked on
improving his throwing velocity
and lower-body mechanics
leading up to the workout, also
noticed a difference in Gallup.
The two participated in throwing
drills during the latter portion of
the day.
“Watching him run his 40,
he’s always been a really, really
good top speed guy,” Stevens said.
“He’s been working down there
every day, getting better. He’s
really committed to the process,
and I think it showed in the
numbers, both at the Combine
and here today.”
After leading the Mountain
West in passing yards (3,799),
touchdowns (29), efficiency
(147.9) and completions (284) in
2017, Stevens’ NFL prospects are
still uncertain. Overall, he felt
confident with his performance
in front of the plethora of
potential NFL suitors.
“Hoped for a couple more
inches on the vertical, but I
felt really, really good about
everything else,” Stevens said.
“Felt like I threw the ball well, my

other tests were good. Hoped for
a few more completions, but it
is what it is. I think we all looked
good out there, so that’s all you
can really ask for.”
In one of the more impressive
athletic showings of Pro Day,
lineman Zack Golditch seemingly
improved his stock just over a
month before the draft. Limited
by a finger injury he suffered in
the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on
Jan. 20, Golditch impressed in the
drills he participated in despite
wearing a brace on his left hand.
The brace, which he will sport
for two more weeks, prevented
him from weight-lifting drills.
Still, Golditch posted admirable
results in events including the
vertical and broad jumps. Though
the drills do not directly translate
to real-game situations, especially
for linemen, Golditch believes his
athleticism shows potential at the
next level.
“I won’t be running a 40 in the
game, I probably won’t be doing
a vertical jump or these other
things, but I definitely think it
shows a lot of potential,” Golditch
said. “When a guy like me goes
out and jumps a 32.5 (vertical), it
shows a lot of explosiveness. A 9.6
(broad jump), for a guy my size to

Senior wide receiver Michael Gallup looks at the crowded student
section before the start of the game on Aug. 26. CSU beat Oregon State
58-27. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

get out that far, it shows what can
be done (in a real game).”
Past all the testing portions
that lead up to the NFL Draft,
players have over a month of
waiting before the event begins
on April 26. Though the time
gives players much-deserved rest,
it also intensifies the anticipation
and outside noise, something not
always easy to ignore.
For Gallup, the best way to
avoid distractions that may come

from seeing his name on draft
boards is easy.
“You’ve just got to stay
humble, stay grounded,” Gallup
said. “You come here and have
two pretty good seasons, now
they’re talking about you can go
in the top rounds. I just need to
stay grounded and know where I
came from, that’s all I’m trying to
do.”
Colin Barnard can be reached
at sports@collegian.com.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

This year was Ryun Williams’ best masterpiece yet
Luke
Zahlmann
@lukezahlmann

The season began with
several question marks for
Colorado
State
women’s
basketball as they lost their two
best players and leaders in Ellen
Nystrom and Elin Gustavsson
to graduation and faced a talentladen conference schedule,
loaded with older squads.
Ryun Williams and his band
of misfits led by senior Hannah
Tvrdy answered every question
and more with one of Williams’
best coaching performances yet.
A program seeking direction
before his arrival has now found
their coach for the foreseeable
future, and Joe Parker would be
wise to make sure he spends his
coaching career in the confines
of Fort Collins.
Already the winningest
coach in program history,
Williams has yet to fail at the
helm of the program and has
carried the CSU women’s
program to heights seldom
reached in the school’s history.
On top of a sterling winning

percentage, Williams finds a way
into the hearts of each player
he coaches. Warm sentiments
have come in abundance from
current and past players, as well
as the fans that have developed
personal relationships with
him.
“I want to thank (Ryun) for
believing in me even though I
was injured and didn’t play,”
senior Stine Austgulen said.
“He’s given (to) all of our
players, (developed) players,
always (had) a good game plan
and (was) ready for us to go.”
“The way he believed in me,
it’s on and off the court,” Tvrdy
said. “He developed us as people
and coming in as a redshirt, kind
of showed me my first year and
then these past two years (he
just) believed in me and giving
me this opportunity, I just want
to thank him for that.”
In back-to-back seasons, the
Rams have fallen short of their
goal of a postseason conference
title, with both loses coming at
the hands of Boise State. A loss
is the same in every box score,
but the two losses both gave way
to an admiration from players
moving on, and an emotional
goodbye from each graduating
class, passing sentiments of
gratitude to Williams.

The Rams once again came
head-to-head with a program
on the rise and the strength of
the Broncos only further shows
the masterful job that Williams
achieved this season, coming
within double-digits in two
of the team’s three meetings,
despite losing the heart of his
squad sans Tvrdy.
An offense that struggled
from the first game, Williams
was forced to constantly adjust
and adapt, searching for a way
to get a spark. After months of
attempting, the Rams fell short
in the department as their
offense was unable to pick up for
a defense that allowed nearly 15
percentage points higher than
the team’s top-five mark in the
nation.
Defense being his specialty,
Williams coached a smaller
team than those he has usually
fielded to one of the most
lockdown units in the nation.
The size differential each game
failed to collapse the Rams as
Williams’ constant in-game
adjustments proved vital.
With
yearly
turnover,
Williams has failed to waiver
and shown time and time again
that he is in the upper echelon
of leaders in the university’s
athletic history.

Women’s basketball head coach Ryun Williams coaches the team during
the Mountain West Tournament game against Boise State on March 7.

PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

Though a trio of seniors in
Tvrdy, Austgulen and Veronika
Mirkovic will make their way
into the next phase of life,
Williams will continue to work
his magic, creating a dominant
product on the court and a
lifetime bond with his players

off.

For that, the Rams faithful
and all those involved with
the program should be truly
thankful.
Luke Zahlmann can be
reached at sports@collegian.com.

During the month of March, Wilbur’s will conduct four (4) customer beer
tastings. Jeff has picked as his top 16 currently available domestic IPAs to
determine four finalists. Wilbur’s will conduct a fifth tasting to determine what
our customers pick as the best IPA available at Wilbur’s.
If you can look at the field and pick the winners in each round, you will be entered

in a drawing for one of two (2) OtterBox 25-quart cooler filled with IPAs.
Even if you don’t pick all of them, you can still enjoy the event by tasting the
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Happy tasting and good luck.
~Jeff and the staff at Wilbur’s.

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CSU’s season of lows
Changes imminent for CSU after
concludes after one game first-round exit in MW Tournament
in MW Tournament
By Austin White
@ ajwrules44

By Luke Zahlmann
@ lukezahlmann

A controversy-laden season
finalized itself for Colorado
State in its opening matchup of
the Mountain West Tournament
as the Rams’ hard-fought battle
ended in a 76-65 loss.
The start of the contest for
the lower-seeded Rams could
not have been scripted better
as they built a sizable lead with
their defensive power. CSU
held Utah State without a point
for a 4:27 stretch following the
first minute of the game and a
lone field goal for a lengthier
period of nearly 10 minutes.
An abundance of empty
possessions early for the Aggies
presented an opportunity for
the underdog Rams to stretch
the deficit, a chance they failed
to capitalize on. The summit
of the Rams’ lead during the
run was 15 points, a margin
that failed to escape shouting
distance.
Struggles of their own on
offense served as the catalyst
for the lack of a substantial
lead as the Rams failed to make
a shot during a simultaneous
cold streak with the Aggies. A
reliance on contested jumpers
sunk the hopes of pulling away
early.
The hot start on defense
gave way to the demons of
regular seasons’ past for the
Rams as the crowd of the
Thomas and Mack Center saw
their lead suddenly evaporate,
leaving the two squads to jostle
for the upper-hand for the
latter portion of the opening
half.
“They got in the paint,
guards, everyone got in the
paint, they made some tough
shots,” sophomore center Nico
Carvacho said. “We just try to
pressure and sometimes they
got by us.”
Consisting of back-to-back
blows by the two conference
foes, the duel of the first half
concluded as the Rams headed
to the locker room with
thoughts of what could have
been, holding a slim 35-33
lead. A 9-1 record during the
year when leading at halftime
served as a positive omen for
coach Jase Herl’s squad.
“I thought we finished the
half okay,” Herl said. “That last
four minutes, wanting to go in
with a lead or be right around
there because in the past, that
last three- or four-minute
stretch of halves has kind of
doomed us.”
The leader in the box score

for the Rams halfway through
the contest was usual culprit,
junior guard Prentiss Nixon.
The offensive stalwart accrued
11 points with five rebounds as
well.
The clash continued out
of the break as both teams
refused to give ground, trading
momentum swings for most of
the opening minutes of the final
half. Depth deficiencies reared
their head against the Aggies
as nine players from USU saw
the floor, compared to just five
seeing meaningful time for the
Rams. A palpable difference
in energy was the difference,
leaving the Rams gasping.
“We wanted our best
defensive team on the floor,”
Herl said. “That’s what it came
down to, we kind of got together
and talked about what are the
best guys we can put out there
that are gonna execute our
defensive gameplan.”
Looking to break away
from the gridlock, the Aggies
held the Rams without a field
goal for a span of four minutes
beginning at the 8:26 mark in
the half. The lack of scoring
was further emphasized in the
Rams’ inability to muster a
fast break force, scoring only
a pair of points on 15 forced
turnovers.
The Rams also failed to
facilitate, totaling a single
assist between their duo in the
starting backcourt that came
from Antony Bonner.
Without reaching rout
territory, the Aggies handled the
Rams with little resistance in
the closing minutes stemming
from the previously mentioned
dry spell. A 39 percent mark
from the field served as the
dagger in the Rams’ chances,
with a fellow thorn in the side
being a 50 percent mark from
the charity stripe.
“I think we competed for
40 minutes today,” Nixon
said. “That was the emphasize
coach Jase put in today was to
compete for 40 minutes with
heart and I think that’s exactly
what we did.”
The conclusion of the
Rams’ season saw the team last
a single game in the conference
tournament, only a year after
reaching the final game of the
tournament. The coaching
search for the Rams will now
increase its head of steam as
athletic director Joe Parker
looks to reverse the current
course of the program.
Luke Zahlmann can be
reached at sports@collegian.com.

What
defines
a
championship team most of all
is their ability to adapt to what
their opponent has given them
and make changes. No matter
what has been given, the great
teams find a favorable matchup
and ride that to a victory.
For Colorado State, the
beginning to their first round
matchup looked as if they
had found that hole in their
opponent, the Utah State
Aggies. The Rams jetted out to a
20-5 lead behind strong defense
and efficient offense.
But the same mistakes that
CSU has committed all year
creeped back in. Open lanes
on defense and lack of ball
movement on offense allowed
for USU to come back and
control the Rams in the second
half, giving them the 76-65
win and the trip to the second
round of the Mountain West
Tournament.
“I thought they executed
exactly what we wanted to
do early,” interim head coach
Jase Herl said. “I couldn’t be
more proud of these guys. They
battled adversity all year. That’s
something they will be better
for in life moving forward.”
All year, the Rams have
stated how their paint defense
needed to improve as seen from
them giving up many buckets
to some of the worst teams
in the conference down low.
They started out focusing on
the Aggies’ drivers and created
havoc with multiple turnovers
and contested shots, resulting in
USU being held without a made
field goal for nearly 10 minutes.
Winning teams are able
to make changes, though, and
USU proved why they would
come out victorious when they
handed the ball to Julion Pearre.
The guard made four of his first
five 3-pointers in the first half to
open up the floor and force CSU
to come out to the line. That
newly found space allowed for
the Aggies to open new holes
and ultimately finish with 28
paint points, 22 of which came
in the second half.
“We were playing so hard
and trying to put pressure on the
good guards that they had,” Nico
Carvacho said. “(Utah State)
made some tough shots, all of
them. It is what it is, we just try
to pressure. Some of the times
they got by us and it happens.”
If down low was the
biggest struggle for the Rams
on defense this year, then ball
movement was the equal on
the offensive end. CSU entered
the tournament ranked 10th in

Teammates help up Prentiss Nixon (11) after a crash during the Mountain
West Tournament on March 7.
PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

assists per game with 12.9 and
finished Wednesday afternoon
with only nine.
Ever since Herl took over
the team, the emphasis has been
on getting back to being loose on
the court and playing similarly
to pick-up style of ball. For the
Rams, this meant the guards
taking the ball into their own
hand and trying to shoot their
way to victory.
“I think we were just playing
basketball at the end of the
day,” Prentiss Nixon said on the
team’s lack of assists. “Anthony
(Bonner) can distribute the ball.
I can distribute the ball, that’s
not a question…They made
shots, it wasn’t about assists
or anything like that, they just
made good shots down the
stretch and out rebounded us.”
Lost in this barrage of shots
from the guards was Mountain
West
Honorable
Mention
Carvacho
who
attempted
only six shots in the game. He
finished with eight points and
10 boards and did not make too
much of an impact around the
bucket.
“I thought he got some
good looks, I think he got a little
frustrated, he didn’t get a few
calls and he let that get to him a
little bit,” Herl said. “I wish we
could have figured out a way to
get Nico some more touches.
Credit Utah State for that they
did a good job because he’s
been on such a hot streak lately
that he’s like Prentiss now. He’s
moving up the list of guys that
when they are preparing for a
team that they are going to talk
about.”
The next step for CSU will
be to find a head coach and after
the performance of CSU in the
weeks under Herl, his chances
will be mixed. As a motivator,
Herl did well by inspiring the
guys to play hard and compete,
as stated by Nixon when asked

what he thought of Herl as a
head coach.
But a team needs to be able
to make changes and the play
of CSU did not suggest that
they were up to finding a new
style. They were blown out in
their final two home games
of the year by Boise State and
New Mexico and had no answer
when the Aggies started to make
outside shots.
“I think we competed for
40 minutes today and that was
the emphasis coach Jase put
in today,” Nixon said. “Credit
Utah State, they made some
good shots down the stretch. We
wanted to give them long 2s and
they made long 2s.”
And yet again, the Rams
bench dwindled down to
seven players, with only six
seeing significant playing time
Wednesday. Robbie Berwick
and J.D. Paige were not on the
bench and Logan Ryan only
entered the game when Deion
James fouled out. Herl declined
to comment on the status
of Paige and Berwick in the
postgame press conference.
No matter what, the
offseason will bring about some
sweeping changes, coach and
player wise. Making changes
is never an easy task, just ask
those championship teams
making them on court. Now
those transitions will have to
be program-wide if the Rams
want to make a difference on the
court.
“Just voice our opinions on
what we wanted, how we see in
a coach,” Carvacho said on the
team’s meeting with Joe Parker
regarding the next coach. “They
went into the room and asked all
of us three things, three qualities
we want to see in a coach and we
all did.”
Austin White can be reached
by email at sports@collegian.com.

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TRACK & FIELD

Hillyer, Oleksak to tryout for U.S. Volleyball National Team
By Mamadou Balde
@ mamadoubalde

Katie Oleksak and Kirstie
Hillyer will represent the
Colorado State Rams’ volleyball
team at the 2018 U.S. Women’s
National Team Open Tryouts.
The tryouts took place from
March 2-4. Two hundred and
thirty-four athletes tried out
for various positions. Not only
did athletes compete for a spot
on the U.S. National Team, they
also competed for a spot on the
U.S. Collegiate National Team.

Oleksak just ended one of
her best seasons during her
time here at CSU. During the
2017 season, the Mountain
West Player of the Year started
all of the Rams’ 33 games at
setter. She averaged 11.94
assists per set which ranked
eighth in the nation. On Aug.
25, she recorded a season-best
59 assists in one of the Rams’
biggest games against Duke.
Oleksak finished the season
with 64 kills with a .342 hitting
percentage.
Hillyer led the Rams

in blocks for the second
consecutive
season
with
1.46 blocks per set. She also
ranked 17th in the nation in
blocks. She finished second
on the team with a .383
percentage which ranked 33rd
in the nation. Hillyer was also
named Mountain West AllConference.
In the Duke game on Aug.
25, Hillyer posted a career-high
19 kills and had 10 matches with
double-digit kills. On Sept. 1,
Hillyer posted a stat line of 13
kills and 10 blocks. In that same

game Hillyer had a seasonbest three solo blocks. This is
Hillyer’s second consecutive
year trying out after being
selected for the U.S. Collegiate
National Team last year.
Athletes that are selected
for the National Team would
begin training in the spring.
Selections for the Collegiate
National Team will be made by
the end of March.
Mamadou Balde can be
reached at sports@collegian.
com.

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Boise State shoots past CSU to earn berth in Mountain West title game
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Senior leadership for a
collegiate team always gives
a team an advantage when it
comes to tournament time.
Having players with experience
in the toughest situations to help
calm the team does not have a
numerical value.
All season, Colorado State
relied on its seniors to help lead
a team looking to leave their
own mark and emerge from
the shadow of the Rams’ most
prolific duo in program history.
But basketball is ultimately
a team sport and it takes more
than just one player to pull off a
big upset. For the second straight
year, the Mountain West cochampion Boise State Broncos
eliminated the Rams, this time
by a score of 76-51, the most
points the Rams allowed to a
conference opponent all year.
“We picked a tough night to
have a tough night,” head coach
Ryun Williams said. “Boise had
a lot to do with that. They are
playing well, Boise was great
tonight.”
Defense for both sides
looked to be impenetrable early
with only eight points for the
Broncos and 12 for the Rams
after one quarter. However, the
defense for CSU could not keep
up starting in the second quarter.
The Broncos piled on 27
points behind three made
3-pointers and going 11-for-

15 overall from the field in the
stanza. Meanwhile, CSU stayed
at the same pace on offense,
scoring only 13. Tvrdy kept the
Rams within reach by notching
14 of her points in the half,
including three triples, but could
not reproduce that in the second
half with only four points.
“Boise State is an amazing
defensive team, so I knew they
would really be taking away my
drive too, which they were,”
Tvrdy said. “I was just really
looking for the three and it was
falling the first half so I just kept
going with it.”
CSU entered the matchup
ranking in the top in the nation
in field goal percentage allowed
at 34.1 percent while BSU topped
the Mountain West in shooting
with 42.9 percent. Defense is
said to win championships, but
that did not hold for CSU. The
Broncos finished shooting 51.7
percent from the field thanks to
their 42 points in the paint.

“They went small and when
they went small that posed some
problems,” Williams said. “We
tried to match them and that’s
maybe not our best defensive
team when we go small as well.
Like Tvrdy said, we made some
mistakes that we just normally
don’t make.”
“We got a lot of transition
opportunities,” Boise State head
coach Gordy Presnell said. “We
got a lot of post penetration
through Shay (Shalen Shaw) and

that created some opportunities
in the paint.”
What helped the Rams take
their first round matchup with
Fresno State was the ability to
hit their open 3-pointers and
jump shots altogether. That
same performance could not be
repeated as Sofie Tryggedsson
went 1-for-8 from deep and Stine
Austgulen went 0-for-2.
“Some nights they go in
more than others, but Boise did
a good job on (Austgulen and
Tryggedsson),” Williams said.
“You saw some rushed shots,
maybe not as in rhythm as we
shot last night. Boise made us
play that way.”
On the opposite side,
Braydey Hodgins shot through
the outstretched arms of every
Ram on her way to a game-high
25 points. She went 3-for-6
from beyond the arc and 8-for-11
overall from the field.
“We were talking about
Hodgins before the game a lot,”
Austgulen said. “Really all their
guards, they’re great, they all
scored it a lot today.”
The only player who seemed
to find it offensively was Tvrdy,
who the Broncos focused on
in the second half and held her
scoreless in the third as they
built their lead to 56-38 and all
but put the game away.
CSU will lose Tvrdy,
Austgulen
and
Veronika
Mirkovic as the three seniors
will be moving on from college
basketball. Their impact on

Hannah Tvrdy attempts to pass during the Mountain West Tournament
game against Boise State on March 7.
PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

the program will remain and
Williams will not forget their
effort this season.
“I’m going to miss all my
teammates, they’re great we
always support each other,”
Austgulen said about what she
will miss. “And just playing
basketball in Moby. It’s a fun
arena to play in and all of our
fans.”

“I don’t think we didn’t have
success this year,” Tvrdy said
with tears coming to her eyes.
“Honestly this season taught me
the most. I just think there was
a lot of ups and downs this year
but it taught me the most as a
person.”
Austin White can be reached
at sports@collegian.com.

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CLUB SPORTS

CSU’s Dax Deadrick signs contract to play professional hockey in Europe
By Evan Grant
@ EGrantSports

Though every young athlete
dreams of playing their sport
professionally, very few ever
make it to that level. Colorado
State club hockey goalie Dax
Deadrick is well on his way to
living that dream after signing
a professional contract to
play hockey for Gastrikland in
Sweden
“I really do not have words
to explain it,” Deadrick said. “I
can’t seem to wrap my head
around it, it’s the one thing I
worked for. I left home to pursue
it and it was never a sure thing,
but being able to play means
everything to me.”
Deadrick spent the past two
years as the number one option
in net for the Rams. In his first
year, he was a part of the most
successful Rams team in recent
history, contributing his stellar
play in net as the Rams made
their first national tournament
appearance at the Division
I level while winning All-League
honors.
The Rams did not see the
same success in the following
season as they had the year
before. A young team proved
inconsistent at times; however,
despite the varying success from
the team, Deadrick remained a
solid, consistent option for the
Rams in goal.
Deadrick’s talents in net
saved the Rams many times

over the years and he will look to
continue that high level of play
at the next stage of his career.
“I need to keep doing what
I’ve always done keep working
hard,” Deadrick said. “I’ve been
reaching out to people that have
played in Sweeden to find out
what I need to do to prepare for
the next level.”
Some people that have seen
Deadrick through this journey
and guided him along the way
are his parents and coaches that
he has had over the years.
“I am really excited for Dax
to get the opportunity to play
professionally in Europe,” CSU
head coach Jeff Degree said. “He
has worked very hard to earn it
in his time at CSU. I have really
enjoyed my time coaching him
and developing a relationship
with him off the ice. His
commitment to our team has
been outstanding, particularly
this year as we have struggled to
find success with a very young
team.”
Deadrick is the first CSU
goalie to sign a contract at the
professional level. Partnering
with an agency that works with
93 hockey services, Deadrick
was able to get in contact with
Gastrickland.
Another big support system
that Deadrick had through his
hockey career were Tiffanie and
Dale Greenrock, his biological
mom and stepdad.
“Just seeing all his hard

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work payoff is amazing,” said
Tiffinie and Dale Greenrock.
“We are so proud of his work
ethic and love of the game. We
have enjoyed every second of
his journey. Dax has worked
very hard and is very driven to
be the best goaltender he can
be,” the Greenrocks said. “He is
very passionate and dedicated.
In seeing first hand it motivates
us to want to help him in any
way we can so he can achieve his
goals and dreams. It has been
our honor and privilege to be

able to contribute in his journey
and could not be prouder of
him.”
Deadrick’s support from his
mother never went unnoticed.
“When I made my first
junior team, my mom gave me
the only car that we had and
had to find other transportation
just so I could go from Butte,
Montana all the way to Boulder
just to play hockey,” Deadrick
said. “I owe it all to her.”
Deadrick will be set to take
the ice in the second week of

August when the team’s training
camp begins. The first games
begin with preseason play in the
opening weeks of September.
Deadrick,
currently
a
fourth-year student, will take
online classes to finish up his
degree in human development
and family studies. Deadrick
will be walking at graduation
at the end of the spring 2018
semester.
Evan Grant can be reached at
sports@collegian.com.

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Editor’s note: The information
in this article was gathered from
Colorado State University’s
archives and special collections.
A look into Colorado
State University’s archives
and
special
collections
reveals several monumental
moments for women. From
shutting down a studentran Playboy Club to making
landmark Title IX policies,
the women of CSU certainly
deserve to be celebrated.
Evelyn M. Hermann, 1932
Hermann became the
first female to earn her D.V.M
from the veterinary program,
despite enduring bullying by
cohorts and faculty, as it was
uncommon for women to
be in science programs. One
certain professor, Dr. James
Farquharson, nicknamed “the
Bull,” was especially hard on
Hermann, accusing her of
not taking an exam. Ample
evidence proved Farquharson
wrong. She later married
fellow veterinary student
Hilan Keagy. The two moved
to Beverly Hills, where their
thriving practice was the
choice of many Hollywood
stars.
Farquharson
remained
on staff and refused women
to enter the veterinary
program for many years, even
after Hermann graduated.
WWII pushed women into
traditional men’s career roles,
and Farquharson reluctantly
started to accept women
into the program; however,
male classmates still tried to
force their female classmates
back to home economics,
where they thought women
belonged. Now, nearly 85
percent of CSU’s veterinary
program students are women,
according to the College of
Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences.
Policy change for women’s
housing, 1966
Through the ‘50s, female
students were required to
live in residence halls or
“approved” housing and had to
adhere to a curfew. At the same
time, men could live where
they wanted and stay out as
late as they wanted.
“Weekdays,
freshmen
women must be in no later
than 9:30,” reads a 1957 issue
of the Collegian. “Fridays and
Saturdays, the deadline is 1
a.m. and Sundays the evil hour
is 11:00 p.m.”
A decade later, the demand
to drop old housing rules
was very prominent. ASCSU
passed a resolution demanding
total gender equality for

housing and made their case to
the State Board of Agriculture.
University President William
Morgan and the State Board
of
Agriculture
changed
policies, allowing women to
live in off-campus housing
with an extended curfew that
was much more reasonable.
However, a sign in sheet was
still required to document
times of women leaving and
returning, for “safety reasons.”
Shutting down the Ingersoll
Playboy Club, 1972
In 1966, Ingersoll Hall
hosted their first Playboy
Club, calling it a new way to
raise money. These clubs were
rising in popularity across
the country, and Ingersoll
Hall Government obtained
permission from Playboy
Enterprises to use the bunny
logo and name for the annual
event.
“This one night only
spectacular will sport any and
all forms of entertainment
from provocative playmates to
teasing taxi girls,” reads a 1966
issue of the Collegian.
Opinion
pieces
later
published in The Collegian
expressed that the club was
a blatant example of the
subordinate view Playboy has
on women, exploiting them as
sex objects. In February 1972,
the Radical Women’s Caucus
confronted the bunnies of
the club and their supporters,
stating that women are taught
their societal roles early on
and that these roles are usually
to gain the attention of a
man. Other issues including
motherhood,
lesbianism
and struggles of the working
woman were also discussed.
The
caucus
and
many
supporters eventually help
shut down the club.
Support for Title IX, 1974-1984
In 1974, more women’s
varsity sports came to CSU
thanks to Title IX rules.
Women’s basketball began
competition as well as
swimming and diving, track
and field, cross country,
field hockey, tennis, golf and
volleyball. Nine women’s
varsity sports teams worked to
comply with Title IX mandates
with the help of Margaret
Duncan, director for the
Equal Opportunity Office. The
deadline was 1978, and CSU
was short $81,000 for funding.
This figure was disputed, and
the full mandates continued
to be pushed back. Thankfully
in 1984, after many news
articles questioned what was
next for CSU and Title IX, the
State Board of Agriculture
approved a plan to helped CSU
comply with Title IX. The plan
helped increase funding for all

women’s sports.
“Before allowing women’s
varsity sports facilities on
campus didn’t even have
locker rooms for women,” said
CSU Special Collections and
Archives coordinator, Gordon
“Hap” Hazard. “The Title IX
mandated construction of
locker rooms and better office
space for female coaches.”
The founding of the Commission
on Women and Gender Equity, 1997
Towards the end of the
21st century, many women felt

unequal to their cohorts. The
founding of the Commission
on Women and Gender Equity
has helped push CSU to better
represent the women who
work and study on campus.
“We are working hard to
make CSU a better place for
women to learn and work and
study,” said Dr. Susan James,
chair of the commission
and department head for
mechanical engineering. “If we
succeed at that, we will make it
a better campus for everyone

to do the same thing.”
University
President
Albert Yates created a task
force to take a better look at the
status of CSU women. This task
force recommended solutions
to social and economic hurdles
women had to endure.
Sarah Ehrlich can be
reached at entertainment@
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ARTS & CULTURE
Thursday, March 8, 2018

COLLEGIAN PLAYLIST

Empowerment anthems for International Women’s Day
By Miranda Moses
@mirandasrad

Women are kick ass, and it
is always the time to celebrate
that and be empowered by their
kick ass-ness. But, with March
being Women’s History Month
and March 8 being International
Women’s Day, you may feel more
of a hankering than usual to
indulge to some powerful women’s
tunes.
Although listening to Beyonce
and Selena or repeat for 31 days is
totally acceptable, because highkey that is what I will be doing,
here are a few more songs to
add to this month’s playlist (and
every other playlist because our
appreciation of women should not
be limited to a month) of women
power anthems:
The Ting Tings, “That’s Not My Name”
Your middle school self loved
these lyrics, and there is really
nothing like listening to vocalist
Katie White demand that she
be remembered as an individual
and not called a pet name. This

song serves as a catchy ode to
all the times women have been
called “sweetie” instead of being
acknowledged by their name or all
the times women have not been
rightfully called “professor” or
“doctor.” I also might get the lyric,
“They call me ‘quiet girl’, but I’m a
riot,” tattooed on my forehead.
Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu,
“Q.U.E.E.N”
Janelle Monáe and Erykah
Badu come together to create a
beautiful, funky, impactful piece
of political art that challenge ideals
of sexuality and race. The women
question expectations of both
sexual expression and orientation
whilst simultaneously calling for
self-love and action by those who
oppose oppression. Lyrics to note
include, “Are we a lost generation
of our people? Add us to equations
but they’ll never make us equal.
She who writes the movie owns
the script and the sequel. So why
ain’t the stealing of my rights made
illegal?”
Plasma Canvas, “SHOOT ME IN THE
CHEST​!​!!​”

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Adrienne Rae Ash, the front
woman in two-piece dirty femme
rock/sparkly-andro-thunderpunk band Plasma Canvas,
wants you to know that xe is gay,
transgender and loud, and hir
lyrics invite rebellion against
binaries and expectation and a
sanctuary for everyone who does
not fit those expectations. With
the help of hir bandmate Jude
McCarron, the Fort Collins-based

CULTURE

3 badass women who have visited CSU
By Isabelle Rayburn
@Seiss_Diosaa

In honor of Women’s History
Month, here are just some of the
most inspirational women who
have shared their experiences
with students at Colorado State
University:
Laverne Cox
Cox visited CSU in 2014, but
she is still an inspiration in 2018.
Mostly known for her role in
Netflix Original “Orange Is The
New Black,” Cox is a transgender
woman who has experienced a
lot of discrimination because of
her identity. Still, she rose above
all the negative comments, and at
the end of the day, she knows who
she really is and what she stands
for.

“It is revolutionary for any
trans person to choose to be seen
and visible in a world that tells us
we should not exist,” Cox said.
Jennicet Gutierrez
Gutierrez
is
an
undocumented, LGBTQ activist

Dr. Angela Davis speaks as part of Black History Month. Davis gave the
keynote speech in the LSC Theatre on Feb. 6.

PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

and a transgender woman. She
also founded the “Trans Queer
Liberation Movement.”
She
attracted attention when she
interrupted one of President
Obama’s speeches to ask him
what he was going to do about the
safety of transgender women who
are incarcerated. She explained
how they are being abused
and she advocated to stop all
deportations.
“I wanted to send a very
strong message to President
Obama, and what I was trying to
say was for Mr. Obama to release
all LGBTQ detainees in detention
centers in addition to stop the
abuse and the torture trans
women are facing in detention,”
Gutierrez said in a 2015 interview
with Democracy Now.

Angela Davis
Well known in the AfricanAmerican community, Davis is
an activist, worked with the Black
Panther party and advocated for
African-Americans during the
Civil Rights Movement. Not all of
the work she did was pleasing to
many people. She even ended up
on America’s top ten most wanted
list. She is admired because
she is someone who stood for
something and did not let anyone
get in her way, no matter how
many obstacles there were.
“I am no longer accepting the
things I cannot change,” Davis
famously said. “I am changing the
things I cannot accept”
Isabelle Rayburn can be
reached at entertainment@
collegian.com.

musicians create punk that will
make you want to be loud, take up
space and punch the patriarchy
right in the face.
Santigold, “Girls”
This is simply a feel-good
song about girls being dope that
you will want to turn of volume
up in your car for and roll your
windows down so that everyone
knows you are a GIRL. The music
video illustrates all different kinds
of women of all different identities
and styles jamming to and singing
along to the song together. The
video itself is home to one of the
most uplifting comment sections
on YouTube I have ever seen,
obviously due to the fact that
women are amazing.
Qveen Herby, “Wifey”
Yes, Qveen Herby IS that
women in that one YouTube video
covering Chris Brown’s Look
At Me Now, which she covered
infinitely better both because the
woman can rap and because she
is not Christ Brown. Although
she does call whoever the song
is addressed to a “pussy” at one

point, which is not ideal, her lyrical
empowerment of demanding
respect and acknowledgment of
her worth by the person she is in a
relationship with is a message that
should be consistently reinforced
and respected.
Kali Uchis, “Ridin’ Round”
This song is a true homage
to the strong, baddy woman
attitude. I swear, every time I
do my make-up to this song, my
eyeliner wings are sharp like
knives. Not only does Uchis not
care what anyone thinks about
her, she also does not need anyone
to help her to accomplish her
independent and financial goals,
leaving those who underestimated
her power in the dust. The songs
shares aforementioned themes
of knowing her worth, and lyrics
to note are “I know I’m some shit,
and I’m cool with it. You can’t tell
me shit, don’t come and share
your dialect,” and, “Now his face is
looking kinda flustered. He didn’t
know that I was my own hustler.”
Miranda Moses can be reached
at entertainment@collegian.com.

Daily Horoscope
Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(03/08/18). Your educational
journey flourishes this year. Visit
friends and strengthen bonds.
The funding arises unexpectedly.
Fall in love again this summer
and rest before the tempo picks
up and energy rises. Winter
brings team victories and family
gatherings. Savor the sweetness.
To get the advantage, check the
day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0
the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 6 —
Avoid traffic or roadblocks. Slow
down for emotional curves. Take
time to process recent events and
changes. Dip into a sidewalk cafe
or roadside attraction.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7
— Teamwork with your partner
makes a difference to your shared
finances. Your collaboration
directly affects your bottom line.
Support each other and share
resources.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 —
Listen to your partner generously. Invest time and effort in your
shared goals. Postpone travel or
nebulous pursuits. Stick to solid,
attainable objectives.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8
— Your work and physical actions
seem energized with high-profit
potential. Arrange connections
ahead of time. Study a secret
system. Small changes reap a
large reward.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 7 —
Consider all possibilities that
include fun. Avoid impractical
or expensive options. The next
two days favor love, romance and

Students share which women
they find most inspiring
By Nate Day
@NateMDay

March 1 was the beginning
of more than just the third
month of 2018; it was the
beginning of Women’s History
Month.
Whether students
at
Colorado State University are
aware or not, their lives are
impacted by women every
day. Blanche Hughes is the
University’s vice president for
student affairs, Anne Hudgens
serves as the executive director
of the Health Network, Mary
Ontiveros works as the vice
president for diversity and
there are countless others at
the University alone.
However, there are more
empowering women than just
here on campus, and students
are more than happy to
identify the women they find
particularly inspiring.
“I would say Serena
Williams,”
senior
anthropology major Clara
Oakley said. “She’s one of the
only Black women to achieve
as many Grand Slam Titles as
she has.”
Williams has won 39 Grand
Slam Titles, the last of which,
she achieved while carrying a
child.
Oakley also noted that
she particularly appreciates
Williams because some male
tennis players put her down,
but she rises through it all.
Additionally,
Oakley
mentioned her sister, Maddie.
“She’s pursuing her Ph.D.
at Georgetown in linguistics,”
Oakley said. “She helped me
get through hardships in my
college career.”

Matthew Freeman, a senior
political science major, was
stuck between two women:
Hillary Clinton and Oprah.
“They’re
both
powerhouses,” Freeman said.
“I think I’d go with Oprah
though because she’s done
more for at-risk children.”
Clinton made history as
the first female presidential
candidate endorsed by a major
party in America and won
the popular vote in the 2016
presidential election.
Winfrey,
the
famed
journalist
and
activist,
recently accepted the Cecil
B. deMille Award from the
Hollywood Foreign Press,
an award for “outstanding
contributions to the world of
entertainment,” according to
the Golden Globe’s website.
Her
politically
charged
acceptance speech stirred
rumors of a future presidential
run, but Winfrey quickly shot
them down, saying she’d prefer
to work as an activist.
As far as a woman in his
own life, Freeman quickly
named his mother, “of course.”
“She’s always been there
for me and has given me tons
of support,” Freeman noted.
Similarly,
Zamzam
Mohammed,
a
senior
journalism major, cites her
mother as an inspiration.
“She’s the most resilient
woman in my life,” Mohammed
said. “I look up to her because
she moved away from her
family during a time of civil
war right after high school and
made a life for herself.”
Mohammed also said that
she finds Pakistani activist
Malala Yousafzai inspiring

because she “took unfortunate
events in her life and turned
them into opportunities to
help and advocate for other
young girls who are going
through similar situations,”
she said.
Widely known as “Malala,”
she wrote under a pen name
for BBC about life under the
Taliban when young girls were
banned from attending school.
Since then, Yousafzai has
worked as a famed activist for
women’s rights and education
around the world.
Amber
Griego,
a
sophomore English major,
also said that her mom is her
inspiration.
“She’s a really strong
woman who doesn’t take
sh*t from anyone,” Griego
noted. “She’s very vocal and
independent.”
Ben Frazier, a sophomore
economics student, cites
Sen. Elizabeth Warren as an
inspirational woman.
“She’s got a Ph.D. in
economics,” Frazier explained.
“She knows how the world
actually works.”
Warren
became
a
prominent figure in the
recent influx within the
feminist movement when she
attempted to filibuster the
Senate confirmation of Jeff
Sessions, giving birth to the
phrase, “nevertheless, she
persisted.”
Frazier also noted an
appreciation for his sisters.
“They work really hard,”
Frazier said. “I don’t.”
Nate Day can be reached at
entertainment@collegian.com.